ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,202, issued on March 31, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Acetyl citrate-based plasticizer composition and resin composition comprising the same" was invented by Hyun Kyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Woo Hyuk Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Ju Moon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seok Ho Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a plasticizer composition including a lower alkyl-based citrate and a higher alkyl-based citrate simultaneously as citrates, wherein effects are achieved through controlling the ratio of hybrid and nonhybrid ...